Josh Reviews An American Pickle
In HBO Max’s An American Pickle, Seth Rogen plays dual roles as Herschel Greenbaum and his great-grandson Ben Greenbaum. In 1919, Herschel and his wife Sarah leave the shtetl of Schlupsk (fleeing Russian Cossacks) and emigrate to the United States. Herschel gets a menial j
Josh Reviews Borat Subsequent Moviefilm!
I was surprised and delighted when news broke, only a few weeks ago, that Sacha Baron Cohen had secretly filmed a Borat sequel! In an age of internet spoilers and movie studios who spend months to years hyping their upcoming films, that any movie could be created in secret — l
Josh Reviews The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Trial of the Chicago 7, written & directed by Aaron Sorkin (mastermind behind Sports Night & The West Wing, writer of such terrific films as A Few Good Men, The Social Network, Steve Jobs, Moneyball, and Charlie Wilson’s War, and the writer/director of the underrate
Josh’s Guide to Great Geeky Gifts — Part One!
October 13-14 is Amazon’s Prime Day, in which they trumpet all sorts of great discounted deals across their site. Personally, I enjoy hunting through their deals and I almost always make some great purchases each year when this comes around. So I thought this might be a fun
The Parker Films: Slayground (1983)
I’m continuing my look at the films based on Donald E. Westlake (written under the pseudonym Richard Stark)’s Parker Character. I really enjoyed 1967’s Point Blank (click here for my review) and 1968’s The Split (click here for my review). I thought 1973’s The Outfit was
Josh Reviews Mulan
Because we don’t plan on going to a movie theatre any time in the near future, my family was delighted that Disney opted to release their live-action remake of Mulan on Disney+. Yes, the additional $30 fee on top of the cost of our Disney+ subscription was steep. But that wa
The Parker Films: The Outfit (1973)
I’m continuing continuing my look at the films based on Donald E. Westlake (written under the pseudonym Richard Stark)’s Parker character. Click here for my review of 1967’s Point Blank, starring Lee Marvin, an adaptation of the Parker novel The Hunted. Click here for my rev
The Parker Films: The Split (1968)
I’m continuing my look at the films based on Donald E. Westlake (written under the pseudonym Richard Stark)’s Parker character. Click here for my review of 1967’s Point Blank, starring Lee Marvin, an adaptation of the Parker novel The Hunted. One year later, Jim Brown starre
The Parker Films: Point Blank (1967)
Recently I read Darwyn Cooke’s four magnificent graphic novel adaptations of the Parker novels written by Donald E. Westlake under the pseudonym Richard Stark. The late, great Darwyn Cooke was a master of the comics form (his New Frontier miniseries, which retold the story of the
Josh Reviews The King of Staten Island
In Judd Apatow’s new film, The King of Staten Island, SNL’s Pete Davidson stars as Scott, who lives at home with his widowed mother. Scott’s father was a firefighter, who died on the job when Scott was young. Scott is content to live his slacker-ish life, smoking